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牝狐

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
牝 狐
め
Hyōgai 		きつね > ぎつね
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

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Compound of 牝(め) (me, “female”) + 狐(きつね) (kitsune, “fox”). The kitsune changes to gitsune as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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牝(め)狐(ぎつね) • (megitsune) 

  1. vixen (female fox)
  2. vixen (temperamental woman)

Antonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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